Zitat“The thing that is most baffling for me is that this man is willing to lose millions upon millions of votes he could have had from tea partyers for illegal votes that he will not get because he is not a Democrat,” said Ken Crow, an Iowa activist who formed TeaPartyCommunity.com.
Amy Kremer of Tea Party Express said Mr. Rubio has been hurt by his stance and that mending fences will be nearly impossible.
“People are more angry about immigration than they were about Obamacare,” she said. “It is disheartening to work so hard to elect these conservatives and then see their base turn on them.”